MILAN - Defeat at Roma on Sunday evening spelled a second loss in the league for Frank de Boer's Inter.
Here are some statistics from the match, with help from our friends at Opta:
- Roma have gone 16 matches unbeaten at home (four draws and 12 wins).
- Inter have won only two of their last 11 Serie A games against Roma.
- Edin Dzeko found the back of the net with his first shot of the game.
- The last time Dzeko had scored with his first attempt in a Serie A match was in April (in the derby against Lazio).
-Dzeko’s five goals this campaign have all been scored at the Olimpico.
-This is Dzeko's best start in terms of goals after seven matches since the 2012/13 season, when he had also bagged 5 for Manchester City.
-Dzeko had four shots on target in the match – more than any other player.
-This game saw a record number of shots attempted before half time (21) in Serie A this season.
-Mauro Icardi didn’t have a single effort on target for the second time in the league this season.
-Daniele De Rossi and Mohamed Salah created the joint-most goalscoring chances (4) in this game.
-No player attempted more shots (5) than Ever Banega in this game.
